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chinook.

The descending, warm, dry wind on the eastern side of the Rocky Mountains that generally blows from the southwest and can rapidly increase the temperature due to the much warmer air it brings.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/t͡ʃɪˈnuːk//ʃɪˈnʊk/
  1. The descending, warm, dry wind on the eastern side of the Rocky Mountains that generally blows from the southwest and can rapidly increase the temperature due to the much warmer air it brings.

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  2. The chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha).

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Lower Chehalis c̓inúk (“the name of a Chinook village on the Columbia River”).

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